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goodish, a.|ˈgʊdɪʃ|
[f. good a. + -ish.]
Somewhat good: a. with respect to quality.
1756Mrs. Delany Let. in Life & Corr. 451 She seems a goodish sort of woman, rather vulgar however. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xix. (1859) 530 They dashed past us on goodish nags. 1880L. B. Walford Troublesome Dau. III. xxxii. 160 Carnochan, they tell me, is a goodish estate.
b. with respect to quantity, extent, etc.
1839C. Clark J. Noakes & Mary Styles 63 (E.D.S. No. 76) From the Heath, He lived a goodish way. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. xii, Ay, a goodish bit ago. 1879F. W. Robinson Coward Consc. ii. xx, We are compelled to ask a goodish many questions. 1894Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. 265, I have lent them a goodish sum of money.
c. Comb.
1856G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Cov. x, A goodish-looking man whose name I never made out.
Hence ˈgoodishness, the quality of being goodish.
1891S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl Lond. 131 The deadly monotony of goodishness and cheapishness in everything. |